Kurunegala Zone II under-15 defeated Kurunegala Zone I under-15 by two wickets in their Under 15 Provincial Youth League Cricket tournament match which concluded at Welegedara Stadium, Kurunegala on Tuesday.
After restricting Kurunegala Zone I for paltry 85 in 30.2 overs Kurunegala Zone II reached the winning target in 22.4 overs with two wickets in hand in a closely contested encounter. The match was reduced to a 36 over affair after overnight rain.
Kurunegala Zone II under-15 thus emerged group champions after recording two wins against Kurunegala Zone I under-15 and Jaffna under-15 while their matches against Matale under-15 and Puttalam under-15 ended in no decisions due to rain.
Chief Scores:
+ At Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala (Kurunegala Zone II under-15 won by 102 runs)
Kurunegala Zone II under-15 : 139 (31.3) ( Nimsara Jayarathna 25, Praveen Rukunayaka 21, Sandeep Sathsara 19, T.Thuvarakan 2/32, M.Thison 2/26) Jaffna under-15: 37 (23.2) (Sandeep Sathsara 3/15, T.S.Aravinda 3/09, Damlath Gamage 2/03)
+ At Giriulla (No Result) Kurunegala Zone II under-15: 186 (40.2) (Malindu Menuwan 56, Damlath Gamage 48, T.S.Aravinda 23, Amal Perera 3/23, Kalidu Sachintha 2/27, Naveen
Nethsara 2/22) Puttalam under-15: 53/4 (16.4) (Sasmitha Fernando 19, Ravindu Abeysinghe
2/12 , T.S.Aravinda 2/09)
+ At Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala (No Result) Kurunegala Zone II under-15: 169/4 (28) ( Akein Amarajeewa 70, Praveen Rukunayaka 52, Kavindu Abeyratne 2/19, Lahiru Mihiranga 2/13) vs Matale Under-15
+ At Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala (Kurunegala Zone II under-15 won by 2 wickets)
Kurunegala Zone I under-15: 85 (30.2) (Pamuditha Teshan 24 n.o, Damlath Gamage 2/05, T.S.Aravinda 3/25, Dinuka Dananjaya 2/09) Kurunegala Zone II under-15: 86/8 (22. 4) (Praveen Rukunayaka 21 Damlath Gamage 17, Chamod Prabasha 17 n.o, Yasiru Kavinda 2/37, Imanjith Bathika 2/14)
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